THE latest BBC weather forecast has stunned viewers following a shock prediction that Britain will be blanketed in snow causing disruption on transport routes throughout the country.

BBC weather meteorologist Simon King has warned Britons that a majority of the country should be braced for travel disruption due to snowfall. Parts of Britain could be submerged in snow by Saturday this week, particularly in higher grounds of northern England and Scotland. A deep freeze will sweep the country pushing out warm, wet weather with a bone-chilling wind coming in from Siberian Russia.